Warm Up with Top Chef Nikki Cascone's Hot Toddy Recipe

Former Top Chef contestant Nikki Cascone, who just gave birth to a baby boy, recently welcomed another Top Chef contestant, Angelo Sosa, at her brand new restaurant Octavia’s Porch in New York’s Lower East Side for some Italian and Jewish-inspired food.

Among the popular menu items: a hot toddy, which, given the cold weather, has medicinal properties.

Want to try Cascone’s drink yourself? Here’s the recipe for the Cold Buster from Octavia’s Porch: